a heart for nursing

I wanted to share this with you. I had a pt the other day who is an owner of a retirement home. Her brother told me a lot about her. Apparently she was the kind of person who spent her whole life caring for others. She looked into the hearts of people and looked for caring individuals to work at the center she own. She often hired people who were new to our country, she would pay their husbands to work as maintenance men or land scapers, painters, drivers ... And the women, she hired to work as Aides and then she would go on to help them with school to persue a career in nursing. She would buy their kids school clothes, supplies and shoes and help them any way she could until they got on their feet. Some of those people stayed and worked for her 20 or 30 years. Now she is sick and needing care and has so many people there for her, supporting her through her illness. She looks at a person's heart and spirit and hires them according to the feeling she gets from them--are they doing this because they just need a job, or do they really care about people and want to help them. Her story reminded me how we can be missionaries wherever we are,, everyday of our lives. She really impressed me. she also said she has worked with NU for many years and is quite impressed with the nurses from BSON !!